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SEVENTY children under 16 have been admitted to Hereford County Hospital with obesity related conditions - or with obesity in their diagnosis - over the past five years.
Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT) says that during the period 2009-2013 figures for such admissions have fallen ?slightly.?
The admissions were to allow tests to be carried out. Obesity was listed as the ?primary reason? for admission in 13% of cases.
WVT was responding to figures out last week that put the county?s obesity rates amongst the worst in the West Midlands.
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/1...hildren_in_hospital_over_the_past_five_years/
Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT) says that during the period 2009-2013 figures for such admissions have fallen ?slightly.?
The admissions were to allow tests to be carried out. Obesity was listed as the ?primary reason? for admission in 13% of cases.
WVT was responding to figures out last week that put the county?s obesity rates amongst the worst in the West Midlands.
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/1...hildren_in_hospital_over_the_past_five_years/